Sweet William

Collected by Carolyn Cearley and Louise Guisinger Transcribed by M. C. Parler
Sung by Mrs. Joy Dowell Guitar Acc. by Mrs.
Pederson Fayetteville, Ark. December 25, 1961
Reel 418, Item 3
Sweet William
(Child #7 )
S
Sweet William rode
To the old man's gate And sweetly he did say
Your younest daughter you may keep at home But the oldest I'll take away.
The youngest daughter you may keep at home And the oldest I'll take away.
Go bring her down, go bring her down Go bring her down I say,
It shall ne'er be said that a Stuyard' son Has carried her out of the town.
It shall ne'er be said that a Stu'yard' son Has carried her out of the town.
"I am no Stu'yard'son," said he,
"I'as born by the leaf of grace,
My father was the king of Rome,
My mother a virtuous queen.
My father was the king of Rome,
My mother a virtuous queen.
He mounted her on his milk-white horse While he rode a dappled gray,
And swung his bugles all around about his neck While they went riding away.
And he swung his bugles all around about his neck While they went riding away.
They had not gone more'n a mile from town Tillshe looked back again,
And she saw her father and her seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain. And she saw her father and her seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain.
"Get down, get down," sweet William did cry,
"And hold my horse by the rein,
Whilst I play with your father and your seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain.
Whilst I play with your father and seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain."
ContinuedSweet William Reel 418, Item 3 Continued
Now she's standing there, not saying one word,
Till she looked back again,
And she saw her father and her seven bretheren All wallowing in their blood.
And she saw her father and her seven bretheren all wallowing in their blood.
"If you'll forsake me, what I've done for you,
I wish you were in your mother's chamber And I'as in the house of Rome,
I wish you'as in your mother'd chamber,
And I'as in the house of Rome."
"If I was in my mother's chamber,
You'd be welcome too,
You may wind to, rhe east or wind to the west,
I'm winding along with you
You may wind to the, or wind to the west,
I'm winding along with you."
He wounted om his milk-white horse.
And hemrrode a dapple gray,
And ge swung his bugled all around about hid neck While they went riding away An hem swung his buglrs all around his neck While they went riding away.

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Collected by Carolyn Cearley and Louise Guisinger Transcribed by M. C. Parler
Sung by Mrs. Joy Dowell Guitar Acc. by Mrs.
Pederson Fayetteville, Ark. December 25, 1961
Reel 418, Item 3
Sweet William
(Child #7 )
S
Sweet William rode
To the old man's gate And sweetly he did say
Your younest daughter you may keep at home But the oldest I'll take away.
The youngest daughter you may keep at home And the oldest I'll take away.
Go bring her down, go bring her down Go bring her down I say,
It shall ne'er be said that a Stuyard' son Has carried her out of the town.
It shall ne'er be said that a Stu'yard' son Has carried her out of the town.
"I am no Stu'yard'son," said he,
"I'as born by the leaf of grace,
My father was the king of Rome,
My mother a virtuous queen.
My father was the king of Rome,
My mother a virtuous queen.
He mounted her on his milk-white horse While he rode a dappled gray,
And swung his bugles all around about his neck While they went riding away.
And he swung his bugles all around about his neck While they went riding away.
They had not gone more'n a mile from town Tillshe looked back again,
And she saw her father and her seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain. And she saw her father and her seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain.
"Get down, get down," sweet William did cry,
"And hold my horse by the rein,
Whilst I play with your father and your seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain.
Whilst I play with your father and seven bretheren Come trippling over the plain."
ContinuedSweet William Reel 418, Item 3 Continued
Now she's standing there, not saying one word,
Till she looked back again,
And she saw her father and her seven bretheren All wallowing in their blood.
And she saw her father and her seven bretheren all wallowing in their blood.
"If you'll forsake me, what I've done for you,
I wish you were in your mother's chamber And I'as in the house of Rome,
I wish you'as in your mother'd chamber,
And I'as in the house of Rome."
"If I was in my mother's chamber,
You'd be welcome too,
You may wind to, rhe east or wind to the west,
I'm winding along with you
You may wind to the, or wind to the west,
I'm winding along with you."
He wounted om his milk-white horse.
And hemrrode a dapple gray,
And ge swung his bugled all around about hid neck While they went riding away An hem swung his buglrs all around his neck While they went riding away.